Hepatitis C treatment of african americans

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Varun Kumar, M.B.B.S. [2]

Recommendations for Treatment of African Americans: AASLD Practice Guidelines 2009

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1. African Americans infected with HCV who are appropriate treatment candidates should be treated with the current optimal regimen consisting of pegylated interferon and ribavirin (Class I, Level A). 2. African Americans with baseline neutropenia (ANC <1500 mm3) should not be excluded from hepatitis C treatment (Class IIa, Level B).

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